Her Exquisite Surrender

by Melanie Milburne, Lucy Ellis, Joanne Rock

Surrendering All But Her Heart

Guarded Natalie Armitage’s world shattered the first time Angelo Bellandini mentioned marriage…and she ran. Five years later she’s facing her second proposal from a vengeful Angelo – and this time he won’t take no for an answer!

Innocent in the Ivory Tower

Nanny Maisy Edmonds is furious when a stranger tries to take her little charge – and steal a kiss! Can infamous tycoon Alexei Ranaevsky really be the child’s godfather? Installed in Alexei’s Italian villa, Maisy is intent on protecting little Kostya – and her heart…

Full Surrender

Five years after an ordeal in Iraq, Stephanie Rosen’s mojo has gone MIA. There’s only one place she’ll find it – with Daniel Murphy, the one-night fling she’s never forgotten. The sexy lieutenant is on leave for twenty days…plenty of time for a full surrender!

592 pages, Paperback

First published January 14, 2016

About the author

I grew up on a small farm on the outskirts of Sydney and as a keen horse rider, often competed in local gymkhanas and even broke in a few horses from time to time. As I was surrounded by animals, I decided at an early age to become a nurse, however I couldn’t stand the sight of blood and so opted for a career in teaching. It’s a bit ironic that I married a surgeon.

I read my first Mills & Boon novel when I was 17 and that encouraged me to continue reading romance novels; the lure of the tall dark handsome hero, who in reality I fell in love with and knew I was going to marry on our second date! After marrying a year later, we moved to Scotland with our six week old baby so my husband could work and study for his MD in surgery. After the birth of our second son we came back to Australia to settle in Tasmania.

I went back to University and up-graded my teaching diploma to a degree and then went on to do a Masters but still I felt as if something was missing. I sat down one day and began writing and everything clicked into place - I had finally found ‘my brilliant career’! I used to write from instinct rather than a specific plan, but now, so many books later I find a loose plan doesn't go astray. An idea will pop into my head, sometimes it will be just a simple phrase or a what if question and I'm away.

Writing is a skill that can be learned and the best way to learn it is to read and to write. So many people feel they have a novel in them and very probably they are right-the only trick is to get it out. My advice to ‘would be’ writers is to write, write, and write even more. Carry a notebook at all times and jot down ideas. And like any other activity the more you do, the more it feels comfortable.

I hope you enjoy my stories and look forward to hearing from you.